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About the Role

As a Senior Manager - CDD Onboarding Lead, within our Financial Crime & Compliance practice, you will take ownership of the end-to-end management of CDD onboarding engagements, leading a large team of analysts to deliver high-quality client due diligence reviews. This leadership role requires deep expertise in CDD and AML frameworks, alongside strong management, people leadership capability and the ability to develop a team. You will have a strong commitment to quality and be responsible for setting and maintaining high standards across your team, managing delivery against business priorities and goals and have a right first-time mindset.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the delivery of CDD onboarding team, overseeing the end-to-end review of onboarding files against applicable KYC/AML regulatory requirements, ensuring quality, consistency and timeliness across all workstreams.
Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders/partners, building trusted relationships and providing clear, confident updates on progress, risks and issues.
Manage and mentor a large team of CDD analysts, driving performance through structured feedback, coaching, and day-to-day support.
Maintain governance oversight of our CDD frameworks, procedures and quality controls, ensuring consistency and regulatory alignment across all engagements.
Support the team to identify and escalate complex or high-risk cases, including PEPs, sanctioned entities, adverse media flags, and complex ownership structures, providing clear guidance to the FCC team on risk-based decision-making.
Play an active role in the training and upskilling of junior and newly joined colleagues, sharing technical knowledge and helping to build capability across the team.

Requirements

Significant, demonstrable experience in CDD/KYC onboarding within a professional or financial services environment, with a track record of leading large teams and complex engagements.
Proven background in leading CDD or KYC onboarding teams at scale, ideally within a professional services or financial services environment is essential.
Experience managing and developing high-performing teams across multiple locations in a deadline-driven environment, with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
Expertise in a build-out or rollout of a new CDD platform, case management system or operating model would be a distinct advantage.
Experience managing high-volume CDD engagements, with a particular focus on corporate onboarding and the complexities that come with it, including complex ownership structures, multi-jurisdictional entities and escalated risk profiles, would be a strong advantage.
The ability to manage competing priorities effectively, requiring swift allocation, clear delegation and confident decision-making under pressure.
Strong technical knowledge of KYC/AML regulatory requirements, including sanctions, PEP & adverse media screening frameworks.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage at Partner & Director level.
Strong analytical and risk assessment skills, with the ability to navigate complex corporate structures & ownership chains.

Skills

CDD/KYC onboarding
Team leadership
People management
Stakeholder management
Risk assessment
KYC/AML regulatory requirements
Sanctions screening
PEP screening
Adverse media screening

Location

Work Type

Flexible working options

Experience Level

Senior Manager

Education Level

Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, CISI or equivalent) are desirable but not essential.

Benefits

Range of family friendly and wider leave policies
Flexible working options

About the Company

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries.
We’re a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first.
All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That’s Grant Thornton.
Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.
Our Client Due Diligence (CDD) practice sits at the heart of our Financial Crime Team, supporting clients across onboarding, remediation, and ongoing compliance.
As demand for our CDD services continues to grow, we are investing in our leadership capability to ensure we deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients and our people.

Equal Opportunity

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone.
Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.
Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.